Women's Tennis - Archives 2016-17

Three Columbia women's tennis players competed at the 2016 USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships this week at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Columbia juniors Rima Asatrian and Alexandra Solovyev, along with sophomore Star Makarome earned bids into tournament. Asatrian competed in singles, while Solovyev and Makarome played in the doubles bracket.

Columbia sophomore Star Makarome and junior Alexandra Solovyev's impressive doubles run at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Northeast Regional Championships came to an end Monday as the duo dropped a hard-fought 6-3, 7-5 decision to Penn's Kana Daniel and Ashley Zhu. Presented by Oracle, the five-day event, held Oct. 20-25 at Yale University's Cullman Heyman Tennis Center, begins its final day of competition with the championship round on Tuesday.

With four consecutive victories, Columbia's doubles team of sophomore Star Makarome and junior Alexandra Solovyev advanced to Monday's semifinal round of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Northeast Regional Championships Presented by Oracle. The five-day event, held Oct. 20-25 at Yale University's Cullman Heyman Tennis Center, will begin its fourth day of competition with the semifinal round on Monday. Championships are slated for Tuesday.

Two Columbia doubles teams and sophomore Andrea Kevakian advanced to Sunday's round of 16 competition at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Northeast Regional Championships Presented by Oracle. The five-day event, held Oct. 20-25 at Yale University's Cullman Heyman Tennis Center, will begin its third day of competition on Sunday.

The Columbia women's tennis team will compete at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Northeast Regional Championships Presented by Oracle running Thursday, Oct. 20-Tuesday, Oct. 25 at Yale University's Cullman Heyman Tennis Center. Main draw singles and doubles draws will be released on Thursday at the coaches' meeting.

The Columbia women's tennis team will travel to Philadelphia to compete in the 20th annual Cissie Leary Invitational this weekend (Sept. 30-Oct. 1) at the University of Pennsylvania. The Friday, Saturday and Sunday event held at the Hecht (Levy) Tennis Center will feature two 32-player Flight A and B singles draws, a 16-player Flight C singles draw, 16-player Flight A doubles draw and 32-player Flight B doubles draw.

The Columbia women's tennis team defeated Penn 6-1 in singles matches on day two of the Roar-ee Invitational at Dick Savitt Tennis Center. In addition, the Lions won seven singles matches in the three-way scramble portion of the day. The event features a three-way extended dual match format featuring Columbia, Penn and St. John's.